Ceremonies, Feasts and Festivities in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean World : Performance and Participation : Proceedings of the 11th Melammu Workshop, Barcelona, 29-31 January 2020.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arroyo, Ana.

Da Riva, Rocío.

Debourse, Céline.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Melammu workshops and monographs

Melammu Workshops and Monographs ; v.7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assyro-Babylonian religion--Congresses.

Assyro-Babylonian religion.

Iraq--Civilization--To 634--Congresses.

Iraq.

Rites and ceremonies.

Fasts and feasts.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.).

Place of Publication:

Muenster : Zaphon, 2022.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Arroyo: Hittite Open-Air Cult Places and their Relation to the Community During Festivals

Bachvarova: Greco-Anatolian Identity-Making in the Milesian Molpoi-Procession

Debourse: The New Year Festival in Seleucid Babylon. A Historical Assessment

Fink: Neo-Assyrian Victory Celebrations. A Spectacle for the People

Holm: Sacrifice and Feasting in Papyrus Amherst 63

Koiv: Hera at Argos. Sanctuaries, Festivals, Myths and Stately Power

Llop-Raduà: Gods in the Archival and Other Middle Assyrian Texts. An Overview

Mouton: Weapons and Divine Symbols. Expressing the King's Legitimacy during Hittite Cultic Festivals

Rutherford: Religious Travel and Pilgrimage in Mesopotamia and Anatolia. Problems of Evidence and Typology

Vlassopoulos: Slaves and Rituals in Ancient Societies

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Arroyo, Ana Ceremonies, Feasts and Festivities in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean World

ISBN:

9783963271892

3963271892

Publisher Number:

99993918974

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.